Fried Bananas

Name: Fried Bananas
Yield: Serves Four
Cuisine: Thailand
Ingredients: fresh mint sprigs, to decorate; 30 ml/2 tbsp clear honey, to serve (optional); 4 firm bananas; 30 ml/2 tbsp shredded coconut or 15 ml/1 tbsp sesame seeds; 2.5 ml/½ tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); 1 egg, beaten; vegetable oil, for deep-frying; 115 g/4 oz/1 cup plain (allpurpose) flour; 90 ml/6 tbsp water; pinch of salt; 30 ml/2 tbsp granulated sugar

Preparation info

Serves
Four

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Thai Food and Cooking

By Judy Bastyra and Becky Johnson

Published 2011

About

These deliciously sweet treats are a favourite with children and adults a like. In Thailand, you will find them on sale from portable road side stalls and markets at almost every hour of the day and night.

Ingredients

115 g/4 oz/1 cup plain (allpurpose) flour
2.5

Asia
Thailand
Dessert
South East Asia
Vegetarian

Method

Sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda and salt into a large bowl. Stir in the granulated sugar and the egg, and whisk in just enough of the water to make quite a thin batter.
Whisk the shredded coconut or sesame seeds into the batter so that